Pakistan national under-17 football team

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Pakistan Under-17
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Nickname(s) Green Boys
Association Pakistan Football Federation
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation SAFF (South Asia)
Head coachSajjad Mehmood
Captain Ubaidullah Khan
Home stadium People's Football Stadium
FIFA code PAK
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First colours
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Second colours
First international
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1–1 Maldives  Flag of Maldives.svg
(Kathmandu, Nepal; July 1992)
Biggest win
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 6–0 Maldives  Flag of Maldives.svg
(Kathmandu, Nepal; 3 August 2011)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 25–0 Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
(Tehran, Iran; 28 October 2012)
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2002 )
Best resultGroup Stage 2002
SAFF U-16 Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2011 )
Best resultChampion (2011)
Medal record
SAFF Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Nepal
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Nepal

The Pakistan national under-17 football team is a youth football team operated under the Pakistan Football Federation. The team represents Pakistan in the AFC U-17 Asian Cup and the SAFF U-15/16/17 Championship, winning the latter's inaugural edition, [1] and is yet to qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

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History

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

The AFC U-16 Championship is the top level tournament for under-16 football teams in Asia and began in 1985. Pakistan participated in the tournament for the first time in 1992. They were knocked-out of the 1992 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, finishing fourth in their five-team group. The team qualified for the first time in 2002 after finishing second in the qualification group including Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. In their first participation, they finished third in their four-team group which included South Korea, Yemen and Vietnam.

In September 2011 for its AFC U-16 Championship qualification campaign, retaining the same 22-player squad that had won the previous year's SAFF U-16 Championship. [2] It finished fourth in its six-team group, securing wins against Maldives (4–0) [3] and Afghanistan (3–1), [4] but losing against Kuwait (0–2), [5] United Arab Emirates (0–2), [6] and Yemen (0–4). [7]

SAFF U-17 Championship

Pakistan participated in the inaugural SAFF U-16 Championship held in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2011 with Sajjad Mehmood as the head coach, Hassan Baloch as manager and Munir Aftab as the captain. [8] [9] [10] It beat India 1–0 in its first match, [11] before winning 6–0 versus Maldives to reach the semi-finals. [12] Two late goals helped it beat Bangladesh, and thus qualify for the final, [13] in which it beat India 2–1 to win the tournament. [1] Mohammad Bilal was the tournament's top goalscorer with 4 goals, [8] while striker Mansoor Khan was declared the tournament's best player. [9] Overall, Pakistan scored 11 goals and conceded only one. [14]

The under-16 team participated in the 2013 SAFF U-16 Championship held in Nepal, where it was eliminated in the group stage after finishing third in its group after 0–0 draws against both Afghanistan and Bhutan, [15] [16] and a 0–3 loss to Nepal. [17] Sajjad Mehmood was the coach for these fixtures.

The team withdrew from the 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship due to conflicts among the government and the Pakistan Football Federation. [18]

In October 2018, the under-15 team participated in the 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship held in Nepal. [19] After victories against India, Bhutan and Nepal, [20] [21] until finishing runner-up in the final against Bangladesh, the team drew by 1–1 draw until finally losing in the penalty shootout. [22] The team also participated in the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification in 2019. [23] [24]

Other tournaments

In March 2012, the Pakistan national under-16 team then participated in the 2012 KPT Challenge Cup as "National Youth B". Drawn into a group with senior teams WAPDA and Pakistan Navy, the young team lost 0–3 against the former, [25] and 0–2 against the latter. [26] In May, it participated in the National Under-22 Football Championship, where it drew 0–0 against Baloch Nushki and 1–1 against Sindh, thus topping group B. [27] [28] In the semi-finals, the youth team lost 0–2 against Pakistan Army. [29]

In July 2012, three under-16 players went to Abu Dhabi for a month-long training camp at the Manchester United Soccer Schools. [30]

Coaching staff

As of August 2023 [31]
PositionName
Head coach Flag of Pakistan.svg Sajjad Mehmood
Assistant coach Flag of Pakistan.svg Hassan Baloch
Goalkeeping coach Flag of Pakistan.svg Jaffar Khan

Players

U-16 last squad

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1 GK Ghulam Abbas30 Flag of Pakistan.svg
1 GK Aadil Ali Khan00 Flag of Pakistan.svg Mehran FC
1 GK Balach Khan00 Flag of Pakistan.svg
2 DF Muhammad Husnain30 Flag of Pakistan.svg Mehran FC
2 DF Abdul Rehman30 Flag of Pakistan.svg POPO FC
2 DF Najeem Khan00 Flag of Pakistan.svg POPO FC
2 DF Sameer Ahmed00 Flag of Pakistan.svg
2 DF Ubaidullah Khan (Captain)31 Flag of Pakistan.svg Muslim Hands FC
2 DF Majid Ali30 Flag of Pakistan.svg
2 DF Muhammad Aabis Raza20 Flag of Pakistan.svg POPO FC
2 DF Umar Javed20 Flag of Pakistan.svg
3 MF Abdul Samad31 Flag of Pakistan.svg
3 MF Muhammad Faraz10 Flag of Pakistan.svg
3 MF Haroon Rashed30 Flag of Pakistan.svg POPO FC
3 MF Muhammed Farhad30 Flag of Pakistan.svg
3 MF Khobaib Khan30 Flag of Pakistan.svg
3 MF Muhammad Khan00 Flag of Pakistan.svg
3 MF Shahab Ahmed30 Flag of Pakistan.svg POPO FC
3 MF Hikmatullah10 Flag of Pakistan.svg
4 FW Abdul Ghani32 Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi United
4 FW Husnain Wali Raza10 Flag of Pakistan.svg POPO FC
4 FW Subhan Karim32 Flag of Pakistan.svg
4 FW Syed Kabir Ali Shah10 Flag of Pakistan.svg POPO FC

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win  Draw  Loss

2023

2 September 2023 2023 SAFF U16 GS Bhutan  Flag of Bhutan.svg1–2Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan
19:00 Tandin Phuntsho Soccerball shade.svg13' Report Ubaidullah Khan Soccerball shade.svg17'
Subhan Karim Soccerball shade.svg30'		Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
Attendance: 4500
Referee: Uddin Nasir (Bangladesh)
4 September 2023 2023 SAFF U16 GS Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg3–0Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan
15:00 Subhan Karim Soccerball shade.svg14'
Abdul Ghani Soccerball shade.svg39'
Abdul Samad Soccerball shade.svg51'		 Report Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)
8 September 2023 2023 SAFF U16 SF Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg1–2Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan
13:30
 Report
  • Md Mursed Ali Soccerball shade.svg14'
  • Md Abu Sayed Soccerball shade.svg29'
Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
Attendance: 450
Referee: Penjor Ugyen (Bhutan)

Competition records

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Host/YearResultPositionPldWD*LGFGA
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to

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did not qualify
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to Flag of Brazil.svg 2019

did not enter
Flag of Peru.svg 2021 cancelled
Flag of Indonesia.svg 2023 did not enter
Total0/18–––––––

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

AFC U-17 Asian Cup record
Host/YearResultPositionPldWD*LGFGA
Flag of Qatar.svg 1985

to Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 1990

did not enter
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 1992 did not qualify
Flag of Qatar.svg 1994 did not enter
Flag of Thailand.svg 1996
Flag of Qatar.svg 1998 did not qualify
Flag of Vietnam.svg 2000
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2002 Group Stage10th301226
Flag of Japan.svg 2004 did not enter
Flag of Singapore.svg 2006

to

Flag of Thailand.svg 2014

did not qualify
Flag of India.svg 2016

to

Flag of Thailand.svg 2023

did not enter
Total1/18–301226

SAFF U-16 Championship

SAFF U-15/16/17 Championship record
Hosts / YearResultPositionGPWD*LGSGA
Flag of Nepal.svg 2011
Champions
1/64400111
Flag of Nepal.svg 2013
Group Stage
5/7302103
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2015 Withdrew0/6000000
Flag of Nepal.svg 2017 did not enter0/6000000
Flag of Nepal.svg 2018 Runners-up2/64301112
Flag of India.svg 2019 did not enter0/6000000
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2022 did not enter0/6000000
Flag of Bhutan.svg 2023 Semi-Final3/6320163
Total4/81 Title14923289

Honours

See also

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